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I thought I'd try constructing a Family Historian 7 template to generate a citation in the style from the 4th edition of Evidence Explained, but am not sure if I interpreted things correctly.
Here is what I have for the marriage record of Joseph François Paul Aubin and Cecile Patricia Carole Todd, taken from their government certificate.
I believe that all the required information is present. Have I constructed it correctly?
Footnote (First Reference)
"Quebec, Canada, Marriages and Deaths, 1926–1997," database with images, Généalogie Québec (genealogiequebec.com : accessed 20 June 2026), image for Joseph François Paul Aubin and Cecile Patricia Carole Todd marriage, 30 July 1968, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada; citing civil registration Form E, certificate no. 122289, LaFrance database ID no. 8078141, Ministry of Health, Province of Quebec.
Short Footnote (Subsequent References)
"Quebec, Canada, Marriages and Deaths, 1926–1997," database, Généalogie Québec, Joseph François Paul Aubin–Cecile Patricia Carole Todd marriage, 1968, certificate no. 122289.
Bibliography (Master Source List Entry)
"Quebec, Canada, Marriages and Deaths, 1926–1997." Database with images. Généalogie Québec. genealogiequebec.com : 2026.
Hello, HistoryHunter. It's…
Hello, HistoryHunter. It's been a while.
Here at EE, as you know, we can't address issues with software and their handling of citations. Speaking to the broader issue, the fourth edition of EE did not change the format of citations. We did add add a new chapter—a tutorial on creating citations—in which we reduced all types down to 14 templates that should handle any source, anywhere. You did not say what template you are following, but your citations appear to be based on Template 5: Complex Website (Multiple Articles or Databases).
Two significant issues appear:
(1)
All elements in your set of citations are italicized, a practice that does not follow any style guide for citations. Using your citation data exactly, an Evidence Style citations would appear this way.
First Reference Note
1. "Quebec, Canada, Marriages and Deaths, 1926–1997," database with images, Généalogie Québec (genealogiequebec.com : accessed 20 June 2026), image for Joseph François Paul Aubin and Cecile Patricia Carole Todd marriage, 30 July 1968, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada; citing civil registration Form E, certificate no. 122289, LaFrance database ID no. 8078141, Ministry of Health, Province of Quebec.
Subsequent Note
11. "Quebec, Canada, Marriages and Deaths, 1926–1997," database, Généalogie Québec, Joseph François Paul Aubin–Cecile Patricia Carole Todd marriage, 1968, certificate no. 122289.
Source List Entry
"Quebec, Canada, Marriages and Deaths, 1926–1997." Database with images. Généalogie Québec. genealogiequebec.com : 2026.
(2)
The URL you provide takes us to the website's home page, not to the landing page for the database you cite. So how does a user of your citation get from that home page to the database itself?
Evidence Style citations supply either the exact landing page for the database or cite a path to go from the home page to the page for that specific database.
It has been a while. Life…
It has been a while. Life has been "interesting" and my time for genealogy has been eaten up by other things. Now I'm trying to get back into it.
My example is, indeed, based on template 5. The issue is not trying to follow it using a particular piece of software and the intended use of the actual edition 4 template seems clear enough. However; applying it to this particular website is rather complicated. I suppose it would be complicated no matter what edition of EE one chose to use.
Re: Point 1:
It's unfortunate that everything was displayed on the EE website in italics. The citation was pasted using the correct italicization and was almost identical to what you indicated, but the website form seems to have made it all italics.
Re: Point 2:
GenealogieQuebec is a paywalled site and in previous EE editions, I remember that the old edition 3 guidance was to use the main site URL, since a non-subscriber couldn't see beyond that point and so a "deeper" link would be useless.
While I could use a trail of breadcrumbs approach from that point on, the actual path to an item is sometimes difficult to define due to the way the records are organized. There are several databases / directories and a single set of "tools", all of which will search across the site to find information matching the search terms. Only their site-specified citation tells you exactly which database was the actual source of the information. In fact; some of the information appears to be accessed via pointers into an old directory structure located on the site. It's really a "nasty" situation and I'm not sure how to attack it.
When one signs on to the website, they are sent to an initial page entitled "Genealogy Quebec search" at https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/search. All the other tools for searching seem to have been retained, but they seem to be trying to push people towards this one and I expect the older tools will soon disappear.
If I set the search terms to reflect the person "Joseph François Paul Aubin", with a spouse of "Cecile Patricia Carole Todd" and a marriage year of "1968" in "Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada", I get over 4,000 results that are prioritized by their closeness to my parameters. I can't currently be much more specific in my search, but they are always improving this search tool. Then I need to go through the top returns in hopes of finding the correct record.
When I do find a candidate record, I need to select "View", which shows me a preview image that is hot-linked to the full image. It also shows me some details on the record and a source.
In this case, the source displays:
Original source
Drouin Genealogical Institute and PRDH
Information
The LaFrance is a collection of birth, marriage and death records from Quebec, Ontario, Acadia and the United States, covering from the arrival of the first settlers in North America to the present day. It includes an index to the Drouin Collection (Quebec and Ontario parish registers) and the Marriages and Deaths 1926-1997 collection (marriage and death forms recorded by the Quebec government during the 20th century).. The original document is often available for consultation.
Citation
Francois Paul Aubin and Cecile Patricia Todd, Marriage, LaFrance, GenealogyQuebec.com, Drouin Genealogical Institute, Accessed on 6/25/2026 at: https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/lafrance_mariages/8078141
As long as I am logged in, https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/lafrance_mariages/8078141 will take me to the same page as I accessed via clicking on "View". I think they do it this way since they want their citataion links to point to a common landing page layout, despite the source of the information being a different database or directory structure. I should note that the number at the end of the link is a unique identifier for the image, no matter where it is located on the site.
So; there you have it. It is every bit a challenge to cite as the old Library and Archives Canada site.
If you have any advice, it would be very much appreciated.